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<h2>Congressional Votes on American Health Care Act (in 2017)</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Congressional votes on the American Health Care Act in 2017
</p>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 430 observations on the following 11 variables.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>STATE</code></dt><dd><p>State name</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Dist</code></dt><dd><p>Congressional district</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Party</code></dt><dd><p>Party affiliation (<code>D</code>=Democrat, <code>R</code>=Republican)</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Dem</code></dt><dd><p><code>1</code>=Democrat, <code>0</code>=Republican</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Rep</code></dt><dd><p><code>1</code>=Republican, <code>0</code>=Democrat</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>uni2013</code></dt><dd><p>Percentage of citizens without health care in 2013</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>uni2015</code></dt><dd><p>Percentage of citizens without health care in 2015</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>uniChange</code></dt><dd><p>uni2015 - uni2013</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Member</code></dt><dd><p>Name of representative</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>AHCAvote</code></dt><dd><p><code>1</code>=yes, <code>0</code>=no</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Trump</code></dt><dd><p><code>1</code>=Trump won district, <code>0</code>=Clinton won district</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, by the narrow margin of 217-213, to pass the American Health Care Act. Most Republicans voted Yes, while all Democrats voted No.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/obamacare-has-increased-insurance-coverage-everywhere/
</p>
<p>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfkHtzBTP5gf4jAu8tcVQgsBJ1IDvXEHjuMqYlOgYbA/edit#gid=0
</p>
<p>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html
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